Made it to Myanmar

Just a quick update for those of you keeping tabs and worried about my travels into a military state.

Arrived Yangon this morning and haven't got into trouble yet. Haven't seen another westerner since I stepped out of the airport. All the natives stare at me, but in an endearing unthreatening manner. So to fill you in:

I go to see the most revered buddhist temple today. It's 100m high gold thing on a hill. But I'm not allowed on my own - I might damage it or take a picture of something nearby rather than solely pictures of the temple from designated picture points. So I have to have an escort. A lovely guy, but didn't catch his name. He helpfully tells me where to get the best photos from and then proceeds to take them for me!

It's a seriously poor country and after Bangkok is a bit of a shock. Everything here is more difficult that Thailand. There's malaria everywhere, mosquitos everywhere and not much electricity anywhere. They have one internet cafe (this is it) and a big old military firewall blocking things like blog sites, web based email and some news sites. But I planned for that and being the bestest digimon this side of china I laid down a few back doors and piggy back hook ups in Thailand. If I don't post again it means there is in fact a better digimon and he works for the myanmar government!